The Ardennes Campaign Simulation Data Base (ACSDB) is a computerized data base of the World War II 1944 campaign fought in December 1944 and January 1945, popularly known as the Battle of the Bulge. The ACSDB uses the dBASE IV data base management software for storage and manipulation of the data. The data consists of daily information on unit location, activities, order of battle, personnel, equipment, and logistics at the army-, corps-, division-, and brigade-level for the period 16 December 1944 through 16 January 1945, plus data on tactical air operations, tables of organization and equipment (T/O and E) of units, and equipment used by opposing forces in the Ardennes Campaign. Data for the ACSDB was obtained from primary and secondary sources on file at libraries and archives in the United States, Great Britain, and the Federal Republic of Germany. The approximate size of the computer portion of the ACSDB is 39 megabytes. Additional material provided as part of the ACSDB includes a written draft final report with bibliographic, definitional, and other information; a set of full-scale color photographs of 1/100,000 scale maps of the Ardennes region with a clear acetate overlay on which are shown locations of US and German units on 16 December 1944; a user's guide for the ACSDB; a narrative on single-shot probability of kill (SSPK) data researched for the ACSDB; and a collection of photocopies of all records used for generation of the ACSDB totalling some ten cubic feet of printed material.

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